Cambodia, this year’s ASEAN chair, with the support of other countries in the bloc, will endeavour to assume a more active role in building a “brighter future” for the Asian continent and the rest of the world, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Việt Nam and Malaysia have great potential to promote trade and investment with Malaysia being one of the most important importers of Vietnamese goods in Southeast Asia in the post-pandemic period, a HCM City official said.
Businesses of all sizes are having to grapple with issues ranging from rising inflation to conflict in Europe and renewed lockdowns in China. Amid these uncertainties, commerce remains an important driver of economic growth, with Standard Chartered predicting global trade will grow by 70 per cent to US$30 trillion by the end of the decade.
As Cambodia assumed the rotating chairmanships of Asean this year, the third time since joining the group 23 years ago, the country has gone a long way along with other neighbours in its efforts to ensure peace, stability and economic growth in the region.
The Philippines could secure goods—especially food, but also nonfood products—that are in short supply or not produced locally by joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and five partner-countries, as the war in Ukraine continued to disrupt the global supply chain, according to Economic Planning Secretary Karl Chua.
Diners in Singapore are bracing for prices of their national chicken-and-rice dish to soar as neighboring Malaysia prepares to block exports starting Wednesday to increase supplies in its own markets and hold down surging prices.
A delegation of the ASEAN Committee in Mexico City (ACMC) paid a working visit to Guanajuato state, aiming to bolster trade and investment.
Accelerating the implementation of large-scale investment projects of Vietnamese enterprises in Laos whilst promoting a number of new and strategic investment co-operation projects in the future will be of great significance for economic investment ties between the two nations.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
